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Jason Kerr
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This is just wild. Definitely holding both of you in my thoughts.
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he/him Professor of 17th-century British literature, composer, occasional homilist. Author of Milton’s Theological Process (Oxford, 2023) global.oup.com/academic/product/miltons-theological-process-9780198875086
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Jason Kerr
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This is just wild. Definitely holding both of you in my thoughts.
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Jason Kerr
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Well said. I was thinking along similar lines. What a terrifying time to be alive!
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Jason Kerr
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I recently appeared on the New Books Network podcast to discuss my recent book. Have a listen and let me know what you think! newbooksnetwork.com/miltons-theo...
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Pavel
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Me: AI assistant, decline meetings AI: meetingae, meetingās, meetingārum, meetingīs
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Jason Kerr
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Oh no!
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PatrickChatenay
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Extraordinary. Have they not learned anything from the Windrush idiocy? Destroying data risks costs that are often immeasurably higher than the tiny expense incurred to preserve them.
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Prisonculture
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“You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope.” ― Thomas Merton
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Jason Kerr
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Edmund Spenser?
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Jason Kerr
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I still maintain that the codex is a killer app.
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Jason Kerr
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I mean, James Cone was "the most dangerous theologian in America" because he talked about this stuff, so you're in very good company.
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Jason Kerr
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Not a criticism at all: it's just fun to note the odd little things that are bound to happen if you use libraries a lot.
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Jason Kerr
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A weird first for this heavy library user: I had a book checked out with a shortened due date because there were other holds. I dutifully returned it on time. I just got a notification that the library is sending me the book. I guess I had shortened my own due date!
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Jason Kerr
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It’s funny; I just didn’t see it!
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Jason Kerr
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1/6, surely.
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Jason Kerr
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Man, I think about that street often. A sad and terrible history.
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Jason Kerr
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And the entire poem has been building up to this moment of horror.
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Nick Davis
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i am spending more time in classes pleading with my students to *enjoy* college not as a temporary pit stop on the way to a life of drudgery but as an opportunity to grow intellectually in ways that will benefit them for life. enough with rank credentialism; it is as exhausting for us as the kids.
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Jolyon Thomas
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Again, grateful to the Executive Committee of our local AAUP-PENN chapter for speaking up tirelessly in defense of academic freedom. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Jason Kerr
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This is exactly what makes me so angry. If I'm going to give someone a failing grade, I have to put together an argument justifying it--precisely the activity the student has declined to undertake. I spend more time and cognitive capacity writing my comment than they spent writing the paper.
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Jason Kerr
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I had one of these this morning. It made me so angry. Like, I've taught this poem, including in this class, and I know these lines aren't in it. Just submit a 💩 that I can copy and paste into the grade spot. It'd save us both a lot of time.
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Jason Kerr
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@laradodds.bsky.social On the bright side, I have many students writing smart things about Cavendish, which also means that I keep seeing people citing your work.
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Jason Kerr
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Students using ChatGPT and expecting me not to notice that lines allegedly quoted from poems do not in fact occur in said poems, on the other hand...
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Jason Kerr
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Grading is so much work, and I am very tired, but it's still a joy to see students doing good work. That never gets old.
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Heather Froehlich
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apropos of nothing in particular, definitely not the looming threat of the Ministry of Justice talking about digitizing then throwing away their archival records, i wrote up some thoughts on Cultural Heritage Wastelands this spring hfroehli.ch/2023/03/20/a...
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Jason Kerr
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(I did say this to them in an email, for what it’s worth.)
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Jason Kerr
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This is well said. I’m also thinking about the Windrush scandal, where not so long ago a Home Secretary resigned because it turned out that destroying physical records can have real consequences for people (e.g., denial of citizenship rights). Maybe they should reconsider?
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Jason Kerr
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I'm not saying you should do it, but I have to admit that imagining the result is fun, even without pharmacological assistance.
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Jason Kerr
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I've just sent in written feedback on this proposal. I think it's a bad idea for all the usual reasons, but I also have on my desk Amelia Gentleman's "The Windrush Betrayal," documenting a momentous harm brought about by the British government's destruction of documents deemed no longer important.
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Jason Kerr
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Thank you for this. His work played a formative role for me, as it did for so many.
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David Armitage
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My tribute to the late, great John Pocock (1924-2023): folgerpedia.folger.edu/J._G._A._Poc...
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Jason Kerr
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I hear you.
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Jason Kerr
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I am grateful for the workers on campus who clear away the leaves. At the same time, the noise from the leaf-blowers is almost unbearable. No doubt it's worse for the workers. I hope they have adequate ear protection. I wish I'd realized I needed to bring my own!
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Jason Kerr
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I’m guessing “bishops.”
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Jason Kerr
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Those keywords are a boolean delight!
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Jason Kerr
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Tagging in @megconley.bsky.social, whose curiosity this called to mind.
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Jason Kerr
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"Euphemism is dishonesty": just so. Thank you.
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Jason Kerr
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Use this discount code: AAFLYG6
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Jason Kerr
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My book (Milton's Theological Process: Reading De Doctrina Christiana and Paradise Lost) is out today from Oxford University Press! Read a chapter for free here: academic.oup.com/book/55123/c...
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Jason Kerr
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I only succumbed because I had a specific title in mind. Stay strong!
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Jason Kerr
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I succumbed immediately.
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Jason Kerr
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It's a yuletide classic!
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Jason Kerr
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That's a lovely way of putting it! I'll see if I can sneak in The Infatuations over Christmas break.
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Jason Kerr
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@zunguzungu.bsky.social put me onto Jose Saramago recently; I read "History of the Siege of Lisbon" and "The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis." Both reward slow, leisurely reading.
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Jason Kerr
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Just let me know!
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Jason Kerr
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Truly not! Still, if you'd like to revive #deadlineexchange when the time is right, I'm game.
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Jason Kerr
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Ha, this is relatable. I had grand ambitions of moving some Baxter projects forward this semester, but all the time has gotten swallowed up in teaching and other demands. I feel confident (haha) that my lighter teaching load next semester will make things easier.
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Jason Kerr
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Beautiful!
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Jane Rawson-Jones
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Kind of amazed this hasn't become a bigger story yet. And it's not just the BL affected, but all the national legal deposit libraries too (like Oxford) who currently have no access to the millions of titles deposited electronically in the last 10 years. www.theregister.com/2023/11/20/r...
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Jason Kerr
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I’ll be in Chicago for a conference in March. Let’s try to get dinner!
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Sonja Drimmer
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One thing that’s so alarming about the British Library’s situation is how clearly it shows that instability of digital archives does not only impact digital holdings but the physical holdings of an institution too. For non-archivists / non-librarians like me, we read about how the reproduction /1
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